Richard Clyde Hosmer
Military
USAAF Photo
Object Number - UPL 44704 - Sgt Richard Clyde Hosmer, 384BG.
Assigned to 546BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. John Corcoran crew. 80 x combat missions. ETD
Awards: DFC (OLC), AM (10OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-801546
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-819621
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 546th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Bolo Babe
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Spirit of 96
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Nevada Avenger
- Unit: 384th Bomb Group 546th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Grafton Undermud
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Connecticut | 24 July 1924 | Son of Clyde and Alice Hosner. |
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Other Promotion |
Grafton Underwood, UK | 30 March 1944 | Promoted to Staff Sergeant. |
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Other Promotion |
Grafton Underwood, UK | 15 June 1944 | Promoted to Tech Sergeant. |
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Enlisted |
Westover Field, Chicopee Falls, MA | 25 April 1946 | Westover Field, Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts |
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Died |
Mount St. Helens, WA | 22 November 1949 | Killed on a USAF training mission with 5 other men when the plane they were in crashed into Mount St. Helens. |
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Buried |
15 September 1950 | Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia Sect 12 Site 2708 | |
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Enlisted |
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Other Discharged USAAF |
Honourable discharge. | ||
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Based |
Grafton Underwood | Assigned to 546BS, 384BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/606367878
https://www.fold3.com/record/83424199-richard-c-hosmer
https://www.fold3.com/record/709644605-hosmer-richard-clyde
https://www.fold3.com/record/707368771-hosmer-richard-clyde
https://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/person.php?PersonKey=1804
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34782789/richard-c-hosmer
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=…
